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Thursday, March 10, 2005 Eighth Again Fulham 0 Charlton 0I've been rather busy as term approaches its end and there are lots of exams to correct and reports to write at the Centre, so I've been neglecting the blog of late. However, I am up to date with the marking for a while, so here goes.According to reports, Charlton should have won at Fulham, two or three open goal chances having been missed, mostly by Shaun Bartlett, but even if a win had been achieved, it would have made little difference, in terms of league position, because of Middlesbrough's defeat at Aston Villa and Tottenham losing at Southampton. Charlton in fact moved up from 9th to 8th. All the same, as the Inspector implies in his rant about the big clubs, it is getting to the stage where it doesn't really matter.Are Charlton going to repeat their 7th place from last season, or the 9th from two years ago, or do a little better than that and play in the UEFA Cup next season?And if they do manage to play in the UEFA Cup, how far will they get? And will that matter? I wonder. Maybe it would be best if the three 'biggest' clubs in the top European footballing countries just cleared off and played among themselves, as the Inspector suggests.Certainly the Chelsea - Barcelona game last night was an advertisement for European football at its best, but usually these games aren't that good. Would it not, maybe, be better to have a more interesting and competitive domestic competition, including the lower divisions, and leave the 'big' European clubs to their own devices?Quiz-wise, we were back to winning ways on Monday, despite being without Sam, and mysteriously, the young persons failed to appear at all. posted by Jonathan Blake @ 03:02 1 comments 1 Comments: At 12 March, 2005 15:01, Steve said... It would be a pity not to see teams like Madrid getting a well-deserved come-uppance at the hands of lowlier sides; in any case fortunes in the Spanish league, as well as the Premier, can change overnight - what criteria would we use for observing these distinctions? Post a Comment << Home Reference Links Frankie Valley All Quiet in the East Stand (Inspector Sands) Addicks Championship Diary (Wyn Grant) New York Addick Livescore Charlton Athletic FC Latest Posts Eating my Words Ninth Again The Hoodoo Strikes After All A Game in Hand is Worth...? Hailstones and Milestones Dashing Danish Dennis Delivers Draw Bothered Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Excuses, excuses First Double - Archives - May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 March 2008 April 2008 free hit counter About Me Name: Jonathan Blake Location: Argüelles, Madrid West, Spain "Jonathan Blake" came into being when I was supplementing my teaching salary by editing a small tourist magazine which was distributed free every month to visitors at a five-star hotel in the centre of Madrid. The production and layout were all done by non-English speakers, and that meant that all the writing had to be done by me. My own name appeared as editor and also over what I regarded as the best piece of the month. "Jonathan Blake" (the first name and surname of two acquaintances from university) was the name I made up (I thought then, and still do, that it has a nice ring to it) for second-best pieces and general features. It's nice to be able to resurrect Jonathan after all this time to help me out with the writing.... View my complete profile
Fulham 0 Charlton 0I've been rather busy as term approaches its end and there are lots of exams to correct and reports to write at the Centre, so I've been neglecting the blog of late. However, I am up to date with the marking for a while, so here goes.According to reports, Charlton should have won at Fulham, two or three open goal chances having been missed, mostly by Shaun Bartlett, but even if a win had been achieved, it would have made little difference, in terms of league position, because of Middlesbrough's defeat at Aston Villa and Tottenham losing at Southampton. Charlton in fact moved up from 9th to 8th. All the same, as the Inspector implies in his rant about the big clubs, it is getting to the stage where it doesn't really matter.Are Charlton going to repeat their 7th place from last season, or the 9th from two years ago, or do a little better than that and play in the UEFA Cup next season?And if they do manage to play in the UEFA Cup, how far will they get? And will that matter? I wonder. Maybe it would be best if the three 'biggest' clubs in the top European footballing countries just cleared off and played among themselves, as the Inspector suggests.Certainly the Chelsea - Barcelona game last night was an advertisement for European football at its best, but usually these games aren't that good. Would it not, maybe, be better to have a more interesting and competitive domestic competition, including the lower divisions, and leave the 'big' European clubs to their own devices?Quiz-wise, we were back to winning ways on Monday, despite being without Sam, and mysteriously, the young persons failed to appear at all.
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It would be a pity not to see teams like Madrid getting a well-deserved come-uppance at the hands of lowlier sides; in any case fortunes in the Spanish league, as well as the Premier, can change overnight - what criteria would we use for observing these distinctions?
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"Jonathan Blake" came into being when I was supplementing my teaching salary by editing a small tourist magazine which was distributed free every month to visitors at a five-star hotel in the centre of Madrid. The production and layout were all done by non-English speakers, and that meant that all the writing had to be done by me. My own name appeared as editor and also over what I regarded as the best piece of the month. "Jonathan Blake" (the first name and surname of two acquaintances from university) was the name I made up (I thought then, and still do, that it has a nice ring to it) for second-best pieces and general features. It's nice to be able to resurrect Jonathan after all this time to help me out with the writing....
View my complete profile